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SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR

Full name
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born
24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 37)Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nickname
The God of Cricket,[1] Little Master, Tendlya,[2] Master Blaster,[3] The Master,[4][5] The Little Champion,[6] The Great Man[7]
Height
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style
Right-handed
Bowling style
Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
India
Test debut (cap 187)
15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test
9 October 2010 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 74)
18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI
24 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.
10
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1988–present
Mumbai
2008–present
Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)
1992
Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
171
442
270
529
Runs scored
14,240
17,594
22,432
21,150
Batting average
56.96
45.12
59.03
45.87
100s/50s
49/58
46/93
74/101
57/111
Top score
248*
200*
248*
200*
Balls bowled
3,994
8,020
7,359
10,196
Wickets
44
154
69
201
Bowling average
52.25
44.26
60.73
42.01
5 wickets in innings
0
2
0
2
10 wickets in match
0
n/a
0
n/a
Best bowling
3/10
5/32
3/10
5/32
Catches/stumpings
106/–
132/–
173/–
169/–



one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, Tendulkar is the first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined, he now has 95 centuries in international cricket. Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009, and has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first personality without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Force. He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards

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